From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 14 05:00:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7684B106566C for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 05:00:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C24D8FC13 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 05:00:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4E50nCs001783; Thu, 13 May 2010 22:00:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 22:00:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 22:00:47 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Michael Powell Message-ID: <20100514050047.GA17489@thought.org> References: <20100510214306.GA43621@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, GUARANTEED_100_PERCENT,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on ethic.thought.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FWIW, a datapoint. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 05:00:54 -0000 On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 06:22:22PM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > Hopefully no one will face this, but the only way around getting > > past pcbsd seems to be via an over-the-wire upgrade. The > > 8.0-bootonly.iso for the i386 failed to boot. About two hours > > ago tho i was able to csup ports from its 07jan to 10may status. > > Next I will pull over the stable-cvsup stuff and see if I can > > fire off a build. hope this works. the kybd is hard to use. > > [etc.] > > > > I put a PCBSD install on an unused space on my drive. Back when I did it the > FreeBSD 8.0 version was still in beta, and that is what I installed. The > current state of affairs is now release status with FreeBSD 8.0 P2. > > I haven't seen it or used it in a while now. When I installed it I did not > install any of the extra addon software packages, but rather installed the > ports system and proceeded to csup it to current status. I then used the > ports system to install any additional stuff I wanted. Generally speaking it > was a fairly positive experience in that by and large mostly everything > "Just Worked". Seeing the Flash support already installed and functioning in > Firefox was surprising, to say the least. > > Since the install comes with KDE 4.3.5 and I want to upgrade it to 4.4.x I > will be giving portupgrade another go around. I had used portupgrade to > successfully update all ports once before and it worked as it normally would > on a regular (non PCBSD) install of Freebsd. FWIW, by not installing > anything (except the base install which includes KDE,etc) using the PCBSD > software installer utilizing the normal methods of installing with the ports > system and maintenance with portupgrade seems to work just as it would on a > normal FreeBSD install. > > When I get adventurous I'll see how it does with the KDE 4.4.x upgrade one > of these days. Have been waiting for the dust to settle there. As to why > your bootonly or LiveCD CD's have problems booting, that is probably a > separate issue. But I did notice the PCBSD install is using GPT labeling for > it's partition labels. > > -Mike > > well, still same on my laptop after days of trying to fix the "thinkpad keyboard" that made the box all but unusable. xev thinks the caps lock is a left control key. i have given up for now. {yes, having flash is a feature and/or a surprise, but not quite doing w/out the capslock!} gary > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel